Konidela Nagendra Babu been a strong pillar of support for his brother Pawan Kalyan
Reportedly konidela nagendra Babu Babu, who is currently the national general secretary of the JSP, finally seems to have got his “reward”. andhra pradesh CM N chandrababu naidu announced on monday that naga Babu, 63, would be inducted into the state cabinet as a minister. Consistently seen by Kalyan’s side since the actor launched his JSP in 2014, the road to the cabinet has not been easy for Babu. Unlike his two brothers kalyan and chiranjeevi Babu did not rise to superstardom through his films.Perhaps electorally too, his debut ended in defeat. In his first election, the 2019 lok sabha polls, he finished third behind the ysr congress party (YSRCP) and telugu desam party (TDP) candidates, while securing over 2.5 lakh votes. After his defeat and the JSP’s subsequent alliance with the tdp and bjp ahead of the 2024 simultaneous lok sabha and assembly polls, he held the fort for kalyan in his constituency, Pithapuram, while the JSP chief embarked on his statewide campaign.Moreover JSP sources said the party was prepared for such a scenario, and hence the contingency plan of ministership. K Ranga Babu, the JSP’s assembly coordinator of Pithapuram, told “We were allotted four cabinet berths when the nda came to power in Andhra. However, only three ministers Kalyan, tenali MLA nadendla manohar and Nidadavole legislator kandula durgesh – took oath as ministers. With six MLC seats likely to be vacant soon… we will make Babu garu a minister through the MLC quota”.